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PISA results highlight decades of incompetence in Australian education
December 7, 2019Canberra Times

The latest PISA results should be a wake-up call to everyone associated with education policy...

It’s productivity that needs the stimulus
December 6, 2019ideas@theCentre

The September quarter national accounts released by the Bureau of Statistics this week provided no...

Respect and Division: How Australians view religion
Monica WilkieDecember 6, 2019ideas@theCentre

Australians’ famously tolerant attitude toward religion endures. But this view has a clear blind spot...

School equity at expense of excellence, efficiency
Glenn FaheyDecember 6, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

Put to the test in terms of the education’s systems ‘3 Es’ — excellence, equity,...

Our failing school system doesn’t need more money
Glenn FaheyDecember 5, 2019The Spectator

Put to the test in terms of the education’s systems 3 Es — excellence, equity,...

No evidence of hurry to follow Gonski advice on research body
December 3, 2019The Canberra Times

The Commonwealth received the Gonski Review to Achieve Education Excellence in Australian Schools in April...

The Crisis of Democracy
November 23, 2018

For generations, we just assumed democracy is fixed and given. However, all across the world,...

Bill McMahon, an eccentric economic reformer?
John Howard OM ACNovember 21, 2018

William McMahon was a significant, if widely derided and disliked, figure in Australian politics. Was...

Individualism and the Paradox of Affirmative Action
November 16, 2018

Daniel Hannan is a leading British writer and journalist. After 17 years as a Member...

A Democratic wave or Trump triumph? – Panel Discussion on US Mid Terms 2018 Elections Results
Greg SheridanNovember 7, 2018

US midterm elections are usually bad for the President’s party, but amid a booming economy...

Luke Foley’s Values & His Vision for the Labor Party
November 6, 2018

The NSW Opposition leader visited the CIS to set out an overview of Labor’s vision...

The Manchurian Campus? Threats to Free Speech in Higher Education
October 22, 2018

Amidst the debate about Chinese influence in Australia, NSW Minister for Education, the Hon. Rob...

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